2019 Terra Vita Vinum Anjou Brissac Rouge de Schiste

WINEMAKER: Luc Briand and Bénédicte Petit
REGION: Loire Valley, FR
VARIETY: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc
VITICULTURE: Certified Biodynamic

"This is a bland of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon and 50% Cabernet Franc, aged only in tank. This is immediately attractive, deep, lush and sweetly fruited, it would would have wide appeal. Very fresh, easy going and direct this is the perfect thing to drink this winter with something from the grill. LIMITED" - Andrew Guard

This exciting project was born when Didier Richou, one of the two brothers who ran the much respected Domaine Richou, decided to retire. His younger brother Damien needed help, so brought in three new partners. The project’s aims are simple – to continue and build upon the work done by the Richou brothers, to convert the domaine from organic to biodynamic farming and to make the finest wines possible with the least intervention. These wines are fantastic – sophisticated, distinctive and delicious. Terra Vita Vinum is the Ganevat of the Anjou!

Terra Vita Vinum are based in the heart of the Anjou Noir region, where the soils are quite different to the limestones of Saumur and elsewhere in the Loire. Here we find a geologist’s dream, a complex mix of schists, quartz and volcanic rocks ideally suited to viticulture. Each vineyard’s unique situation, soil and climate gives its own character, clearly translated via the vine into the glass. This is the essence of terroir and central to the philosophy of Terra Vita Vinum.